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cannot recollect something Mote but I cannot force hint Ia recollect what he has forgotten " Lord ELLENIIOROUGH.--" Sir hints recollects More than is for yosir advantage." The Hon. Mr. Beanet...--Witness is Member fur Shrewsbury ; knows the family of the Wild 'tugs very well ; they are tenants of the witness's father; recollects speaking to Mr. Huskisson on behalf of John Wilding - , and his claiws of com pensation ; Mr. IL expressed a wish speedily to decide tl ilding's claim, either by reference or hy, tsial; Mr. Huskisson said, though he was m''st ready to consent to as reference, there was a person it, whosti lie should object as a referee ; a,nl, he, as ti.c sanse time, assigned a reason which carried e. , nvietion to Isis mind as to_the propriety of that Ojection. Witness 3fterWards met Mr. Pitt in the street, and its a conversation with him, said, he k , ti ;omit! Mr. Huskisson most willing to settle the (-I.•im of John Wilding ; witness hat no' re collection of Navin; received a letter front Mr. Vitt, requesting be would become a referee be tween hint and the Commissioners. 1:,..te the letter of Mr. Bennet, in answer to Cie letter in question, was handed' up to him. The Hon. Member read his letter, and said the application had certainly been made, but be declined becom ing referee fo - r Mr. Pitt. Lord Lauderdale had been on the bench in at tendance 01- dAy, subpcenett by the prosecutor, Who, at this petiod of the day, six o'clock, said he should not examine his Lordship,'nor would lie detain hins any longer. Mr. Phillips, a clerk in the New Street Office, was. next . called. He knew Mr. Pitt, and had seen Lim backwards and forwards at the office fur ta o years. The office was open.to the agents of claimants indiscsiminately, with only one solhary instance—the instance was Mr. Pitt. The excep tion- of Mr. Pitt arose from a transaction which took place in July, 1816. It was as tolloWs : A claim was sent into the office at that period on behalf of Mr. White, of the Haymarket, by Mr. Pitt, of 2000 guineas., as the price of Isis busi-' tugs, &c. It afterwards turned out that. Nlt. Pitt was in contract for the hnsiness of Mr. White at that time, for a sum under 900 guineas, and at that sum the purchase was afterwards male of 3,Jr. White. Cposs thiS transaction it was that the Commissioners decided that they would at no future period treat with him as a referee. Mr. T. Farquharson, in Jane, 1816, had an in terview with Mr. Milne and Mr. Cornell relative to the purchase of Mr. White's house. Mr. Milne then said that. Mr. Pitt was culled on to make the best explanation he .could relative to this'trans action. He deClared he had no ill will towards li rt Pitt, who was much deceived if be thought lse,• Mr. Vines, was his enemy. Witness also saw Mr. HuskissOn on the same subject, who de clared„he was no personal enemy to Mr. Pi tt z : on the contrary, if Mr. Pitt could justify his conduct, be would do all in his power to forward his inte rest with the Board.- 7 --Here the defendant closed • Lis case. • Lord ELLENBOROUGII Mr. Attorney- General, do you think it is necessary to address the Jury ?" Mr. ATTORNEY-GENETtAL—" My Lord, indeed uo . not, after tt.e lasr part of the evidence. I will only wake this obserVatiou to the Jury. Gen tlemen, Mr Pitt is not the person on his trial; if he were, that which has been proved by several of his owe tvitnesses„. would, with a tew other circumstantes, be st tong evidence to convict him ; instead of whien he has ventured to charge Gen tlemen. investesl with a duty which they owe to the public,. of preventing the public being wronged by these transactions, with having entered into a conspiracy' against him ; and, because they have (for I must admit they have) - been guilty of tivt ritteh lenity in having permitted that man, 'after his earnest and repeated intercessions, to complete those references in which his name had been previously inserted, warning hint at the same time that his conduct should be narrowly watched, he has the audacity to come here and state the Which they had doneont of charity to him, as evidence against them of au original con spiracy against his character and conduct. Gen tlemen, I have only one further observation to make. This is 'the first time (I hope It will be the last in my lire), that in the long course of four or five and thirty years . I have ever seetilhis happen—that the man who was best able to give evidence and to explain the whole, should go be fore a Grand Jut y, and put himself the first wit ness before that Jury, in a room where he could not be cross-examined, to induce them to find a big ; and then, when he comes into a Court of 'Justice, before a Jury of his country, to try the defendants upon the indictment., to titre himself into an. Advocate, to break through every rule and law.of evidence, beeause he dare not place. bintsi/If in that box to•be cross-eXamined'as to the different transactions of his past life, and to he met and co:.fiicted by others whom lie has allOed to,. who are attending: the Court,and who were bronght, here to have stated that which they might in that case have stated about Mr. Pitt; re peoing who,m,' if the COlnneissioner'S had knoWn 'as much as those witnesses, they ought never to have suffered him to pitt his toot into their office. is .the first . time I have ever witnessed such an exikibition, and I hope, for the 'sake' of law and of justice, is will he the last." Lord Eii.KNI3OitOZ;6I4.." Gentlemen, I shall de tain you with hardly a sentence. This has been :an exhibition of tile most shameful etiroutery that in the co'irse o! long'professitmal life I have ever witnessed. This persbn is charging Gentlemen, Against whom, upon the fullest investigation of their conduct, there is nothing to he brought as matter of blame, but the lenity with which they bate, treated a person convicted 'before 'them . of the grossest fraud ; a man claiming to be employed and trusted to fill the pact of referee bee the Claim ants end 'Government; who iid. come forward with a demand. of 2000 guineas, when he had. himself taken the bargain tor, that property at 8501. I think, if there be any thing blameable, and there is something blameable, I will say, on the 7,i;•• of the respectable Commissioners, it was their Pavti . g for one moment after. that, discovery 'per mitted any instrument or'any transactltsn to stand cpon the records of their commission, or haVing let evert the transactions that were begun, be con sum and brought to a dose under his agency. 7. he Commissioners, certainly, very properly re- . • proved him,•and-told him that they would have no further transactions with him ; but in mercy to hini, and also to the poor unfortunate beings who had hetore put their affairs in his hands, they let tl►.'m be brought to a close under his manage nu nt. Their • duty ought to have prevented his giving evidence of any transaction later than Jone, 1816, (and as has' put me in mind, even in the year 1817) ; for the credit of pub lic justice, and for- credit and security .of innocence and 'honesty in transactions of busi ness, they ought 'never to have suffered his name to appear upon the records again. It is un r necessary to refer to that other business where he put an e,tin►ate of 5,0001. and upwards, en pro perty in Oxford -street, which- was converted for the occasion into a - Bazaar, and which was of such inferior value to that which he had' vouched, that the Jury gave a verdict for 14001. only. Really, at this time,, and fatigued as you must be by .your attention in this case, it is unnecessary, and it is most unbecoming, to pollute oneself and contaminate oneself by a communication with tlstpe things which have been given in evidence agaitAt him, all of. which are full of infamy fron► the ,beginning to the end. Gentlemen, ,1 do not fecal it to ask what verdict you will find ; 4 see the itnpression the case has made upon you ; I know - you are my' 'countrymen ; I know you have a sense of justice ; and I am sure you will find a verdict of Not Guilty:" The Jury immediately pronounced a verdict for the Defendants accordingly. THE IRISH STAGE. On the 14th inst, the adjourned Meeting of the FRIENDS OF THE DRAMA vas held at Morri son's great room, Dawson-street ; the hour men tioned:in the advertiiement for the meeting to take place was three o'clock, but before that hoar the room was nearly•filled.. - At about a qua, ter after three; there were loud cries'of Giair,Chair— when Counsellor Creighton was called by the universal voice of the meeting to the Chair. • - Mr. CREIGHTON, on taking the Chair, addressed the meeting. • He WAS deeply impressed with the honour that the meeting had conferred npon hint, by calling him to the chair, but he certainly felt much reluctance in taking it, when he saw so many,men of talent, genius, and respectability in the room, and so many members of his own pro fession, who were much his elders, who .might have been selected to fill the situarion—(Cries of No, No, Chair, Chair.)—He thanked the meet ing for their •kindness to him; and would en deavour to deserve it, by complying with their wishes. Mr. CARROLL stated,that incompliance with the Resolution of the former day, the Committee had prepared a Report, which was now ready to be laid before the Meering—(Hear, hear !)—He would now move, that the Report be read ; this motion was seconded by Mr. Myler. REPORT. Your Committee, deeply impressed with the importance of the subject confided to them, have, since.the day of their ap pointment, bestowed unremitting attention upon it, Fully agreeing,in tie opinion expresied in one of your Re solutions, " that the decay of the Drama, in this country, is to be principally, if not wholly, attributed to the want of a Second Theatre:" Your Committee entertain acontident hope, that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant will not refuse to grant a Second Patent. They recommend that the Memorial, which, according to your instructions, they have draw!, up, and, which is now sutimitt:•d for yout approval, should be signed as numerously as possiLle, and presented to his Ex cellency by a deputation, without delay, as your Com mittee is informed the term of the present Patent will shortly expire. Your Committee respectfully submit, that there .exists no just or reasonable ground for granting to any indiv,idual tight of monopoly in the. establishment of a Theatre -in the City of Dublin. Why, they ask, should the Citizens be de prived of the gratification and advantage of a Second Thea tre ? The granting of a monopoly becomes simply a question of expediency. es it may affect the Public interest, and this, in the opinion'of your Committee, is the sole ground upon which the question should be argued. When a monopoly exists, the interest of the individual pos s-essing it does not always accord with that of the public. If we suppose the profits of the Patentee to amount to a'certain sum, with an indifferent Company, and that a good Com pany would not be likely to produce, according to his esti= mate, an increase of profit equal to the increase of expense, - it is no way doubtful that the Public should put up with the indifferent Company, because it suited best the interest of the Patentee - . "the interest of tile - Public is thus sacrificed to that of the individual. Your Committee would think it more fittim.. , that the interest Of the individual should yield to that of the Public. Your COmmittee ,are aware ,that a doubt is entertained by some highly respectable persons of the abiliti of the City of Dublin to support two Theatres/ a doubt in which, for_ the reasons hereafter to be adduced, they arc far from con- earring. The cost of building', and outfit -of a handsome Theatre, equalin size to that of Crow•street, which, for the regular Drama, is, in the opinion of your Committee, sufficiently large, may be estimated at 25,00 A—a sum which your Com mittee hare no doubt could be raised forthwith in the City of Dublin, so great is the interest taken by the Public in this question. Your - Committee are confident that two regular Theatres would receive a support in this metropolis sufficiently ample 't , ) enable the Public to derive all the udvantagcs which Must result from a salutary. competition. There were two Theatres maintained in Dublin when its population and'wealth were noi'abOve a third of What they now are; when the ediscated classes of the people,. who are the chief support of every Theatre, were not in a proportion of ten to one to what they now.are;' and there is good reason to befieve that the failure, even then, of one of them was owing more to mismanage : merit then to the want of support. It is a well known circumstance that a taste fot the Drama may. be created. The existence of two well conducted and rival establishments would operate in various ways to pro duce this effect. The Drahut would thereby become more a subject of general discussion itn.d' conversation. 'The public would naturally enter into the spirit of the rivalry. They would be desirous•of instituting comparisons beween rival performers or new productions, and a greater, field would . be afforded for the display of native talent in theditierent avoca tions of author and actor. The obstructions which now force our dramatic writers.to seek encouragement, and the 'reward of their talents, in another country, would, Your Conr•nittee tiatter themselves, he altogether removed. An additional in ducerntnit would be offered .to diminish the number of ab sentees; and - an additional attraction to' dr aw strangers, as svelf as natives, to the capital. That these hopes are not alto ether speculative is sufficiently shewn by the result of the late Theatrical Perforinances at Kilkenny. Your Committee submit, that the diiliculties and embar rassments in which the Crow-street Concern is involved: should be.no discouragement to the .erection of a second .:Theatre. The constantly increasing incunibrances to which, for a series of years, it has been subjected, together with the effect of improvident and unskilful management, must have greatly reduced its profits, notwithstanding; which they are still very considerable. A new Theatre would be free from these accumulated burdens ; a good Company would easily 11e :provided, by allowing higher salaries than are now al lowed by the Crm-street Patentee. A half-price admission, on the plan of the London Theatres, would guard against all ,danger of empty benches, in .t he absence of an attractive bill .of fare, and tend; in a peat measure, to render the ,Theatres Olees of fashionable resort. A genert.l outline of the system pursued in Crow-street will give.the public some idea of the ill effects of a Theatrical mo nopoly. The highest salary given at that Establishment, does not produce, to the most poPular and deserving of our resident Performers, more than 13n1. or 14(11. per annum. The inferior Performers have put the half of not even one fourth.. The Performers, therefore,. rely chiefly, for the means of living, on the produce of their Benefits, which, unless-in a few favoured cases; is but an uncertain pro vision for certain wants. Almost all the PerforMers are thus forced to take benefits. By, making every possible•exertion through themselves and their friends, they now and then cod trire, to draw, some money to the House, when it might other wise, in the present neglected state of the Theatre, and at the late period' now fixed upon for, the Benefits, have been comparatively empty. The-Patentee is paid a sum out of the receipts, which often more than repays him the whole salary • previously paid to the PefforMer, after which the balance 2 an,,, y is paid over to the person under whose ?tame the bene fit was advertised. _ The situation of those respectable PerformerS who are per manent residents among us, and of whose deserts the public have DO second opinion, is•the more galling—when they see strangers, possessing . not more than equal• (often inferior) talents, engaged on terms, for the short space of twelve or twenty nights, more productive than a whole year's engage ment to themselves. In saying this much, ybor Committee are far from complaining of the liberality , with which any Performer may. be treated on the Dublin Stage; they only la ment the inadequate remuneration of the lung established fa vourites of "the Irish Public, who feel its inadequacy the .more severely, by the contrast between them and others, who, whatever their deserts may be, cannot have equal claims with themselves. There is another practice frequently resorted to by the Pa tentee, which your Committee cannot but express their repre hiension of. The name of a Performer is often advert isedlor a Benefit, who receives hut a - small share .of Alie profits, the reinainder going into the Treasury Fund. 'Phis are the pub lic grossly iniFsed upon; they imagine they are assisting the :Performer, when, in reality, they are giving their money to the ; and all thine who have paid - a valuable consi derntion-for annual admissions to the TheatreAre deprived of their right under a false pretence. This practice has, in two ways, the effect of injuring the bona tide Benefits of the other Performers, by a iii,64l gning abroad, that the Benefits ge nerally, are but a pretence r, increase the profits of the Pa tentee; and by inundatiiig the town with Benefit Tickets: At, the close of •each Season the • Perini - nit-I . s are considered as unengaged.. It is not, however;the custom Of the Patentee to give them notice that their engagewent would. or would not be renewed :—theyare thus reduced to a most distressing dilemma. They feel themselves not at liberty to seek engage ments elsewhere, as their &lug so may displease the Peru tee, and prevent his're:eng,aging them, if unsuccessful. The opportunity thus passes away, and at the commencement of the next Seas‘in they are complAelyat his mercy', if he wishes to make au uagencrous use of the-fortuitous power thus ac quired over them. --The salary - of tltc past season is then not, always his guide in a new offer,. and cases have snore than mice occurred, your Committee are infotated, wisest Per formers have been compelled et'; accept most humiliating con ditions, to save themselves and families from Utter ruin. Your Conimitiee are convinced yeu will agree with them that under such a System no good Company will . contintie permanent on the Dublin Stage, *hough your Committee is informed, the Actors are in g4.!ue_rfil more partialle a Dublin than a London audience, provided they found their situations as respectable in Dublin as on the London Beards. They would be slOisfied to play here -for a smaller salary, she, if the system were open a proper footing, they would expect to • supply the - deficiency by a good benefit. Authors who are desirous to bare their works produted on the Dublin Stage are still more sinfavourably circumstanced t hen even the Actors. It is no unlikely contingency that an author might be a considerable loser by the bringing out of his piece, whilst to the Patentee it may be a very profitable speculation. The rule observed is this—The Patentee re serves for his own benefit the profits of the first and second representations ; And generously allows the author a benefit on the third night, being first secured in a sum of eighty pounds- , Briti,h, for what he calls " the expences of the Flouse." , It is possible the total receipts may not amount to half that sum, in which case the author, or his security, should make good the deficiency. .It is to be observed that a benefit would be conceded to the lowest person on trite boards for a suns of Sixty Guineas; or to any body, no matter who, for the suns first mentioned ; yet the 'Author, whose talents may have, contributed to enrich the Treasury, is placed in a worse condition than the,pettiest Actor on tlte Stage; and on the same footing with any stranger who may have no sort of claim either on the Pa tentee or the Public. . • 'l'his•treatment of Authors has the effect of an actual pro hibition upon the productions of native talent, alike inju rious to the interests of the Theatre, and disreputable to the country ; whilst novelty is sought for from the London Theatres, and new Pieces indiscriminately imported from thence, neither adapted to our manners, opinions, or cir cumstances, and often unintelligible frnru their localities.— Thcir general failure on our Stage is, therefore, easily to be accounted for. _ Youi Committee cannot help noticing the exterior of the present Theatre Royal, which has no appearatice whatever of a Public thudding, nor even the decent aspect of an ordi nary private house—surrounded on every side with mud and filth, and accessible by no approach sufficiently wide and unobstructed to prevent much inconvenience, and on crowded nights, - confusion and accidents; the danger of which is, in no small degree, increased by the late hours of opening the‘doors, when a crowd is to be expected.. It is not the intention of your Committee (nor wouldthey feel themselves warranted in such a proceeding) to enter into a particular investigation of acts of injustice or oppression (if any there be) alleged as charges against the present Patentee, , in his present situation as Manager of the Theatre. Your Committee will not descend to become inquisitors in to the conduct of any man, especially a man circumstanced es the patentee admits himself to be. It - is - fair, however, to state, that - he did invite your Committee to enter upon this inquisitorial office—an invitation which they felt•themselves bound to decline. Your Committee arc far from entertain ing the least personal hostility to the Patentee, although they cannot help stating that the productions which have recently issued from the Press, bearing his signature, one of which was addressed to the Chairman of your late Meeting, afford no satisfactory evidence of his possessing those qualities of good • sense and discretion Which should be essential requisites in the Manager of a National Theatre. Your Collimate(' rest your and their Cause on this broad principle, that the existence of an exclusive Patent is of great 'public detriment; arid they deny the justice of any claims which may he made to the possession of an exclusive Patent as private' property. Any system founded upon an - exclusive principle, like-stagnant air which is cut off from intermix ture with the . surrounding element, becomes of necessity cor rupt and noxious. A good Manager, at the head of such a system, will not lung continue so; a had one becomes a pest to the Performers, as well as to the Public. • Your Committee conclude by expressing .their confident hope, that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant wilt not reject the application of the enlightened portion of the Inhabitants of this great City; the object sought for being. founded a!ilie in reason and in justice, -and the accomplishment -of which must be fraught with great and most desirable advantag e s t o the City of Dublin and the Public at large. CARROLL, Chairman. F. W. CONWAY, Secretary. bublin, Feb. 14, 1818. Me. CARROLL moved, that-the Report, es read, be adopted as. the Report of this Meeting; this was, seconded by Mr. Myler. . Counsellor: Altic NALLY stated, that although he had not heard the whole of the Report read, having only just entered the room., yet he had heard enough of it to make him anxious that it should be real paragraph by paragraph, as there might be some passages in it which=would meet the approbation of every person present, and some from which a - number of the real friends of the Drama would dissent. Mr. CARROLL said, that the Report was not like a series of Resolutions proposed by one per son, which, to pass regularly, should be react seriatim.; the Report should be either accepted or rejected. The Committee had bestowed great pains on it, and, in his conception, it went to the feelings of every person who was present at the last Meeting; he therefore persisted in his mo tion. The CHAIRMAN having put• the question, Mr. MacNally rose, and, in a speech Of great length, combated the idea of the City of Dublin being able to support two Theatres. 'He lwas ably re plied to by Mr. Cdrroll, and the Resolution passed with a few dissentient voices. : Mr. Mirt.Ett begged leave to submit to the Meeting a ropy 'of the Meniorial that was in tended to be presented to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant ; this vies seconded by Mr. Carr ol 4 and the following Memorial was then read :•--- MEMORIAL TO.THE LORD LIEUTENANT. We, the Citizens o f Dublin, beg leave to approach Y.,otil. Excellency with those sentiments of respect which your - e ' celleitcy's administration during the period of exercising th e . Viceregal functions i part of the United Kingdom,are ' 1 eminently calculate 1 forth t and to assort your Ex lency of our unfeignt tachment to the House of Bruns . ' wick, and veneration our'exci Bent Constitution. ' Among the manifold advantages derived under that C°,°- , stitution, there is tone so beneficial in its ject, and, by necessary consequence, so serviceable to tl e State, as the principle of open and unfettered competition, by which the capital, the talent, and the industry of every individual are allowed to attain their level in the comustut; nit.y. When this e ffects to the suT principle is 'deserted, your MerlunJ 4li i i,,, humbly suggest, that abuse or insufficiency is fourUF ge nera . ..,.. to prevail; and when monopolyis established by Patent, Hu' abuse is always the consequence. - , - ' This is so notoriously the case with regard to the Pater! t granted by one of your Excellency's predecessors, to Fr ed el rick E. Jones, Esq. for an exclusiv e Th e atre, th a t it scar c l requires a formal proof. By c o nfiding t o one individual tt • sole adnfinistration of public anoisement—(4 consi,kratto: of the greatest moruent, in the wisest States .of anc ient, ire well as modern times)—it leav e s th e p u blie c o m pletelY aV ts , -discretion of the individual, as t o th e na t ur e, the quata,'P and the Manner of administering t o th e t as t e and grAiT ,.. i ll tion of the town. It leaves Performers to his mercy, ar-'` l i , l -.•• , the case of the present. Patentee, it has the effect of ha n.- 1,-. 1 • ; bug from the Irish Stage these Irish authors, who, for the vious causes, would 'rather try th e ir f or t une , a t l e ast 0 ~, t'l' ,,,. 'first instance, before.a tribun a l of th e i r co u n trymen, .seek an audience among strangers. ' ' For these and other reasons set forth in a Report, P sss ie at the General Meeting, and which we have the ba a rte herewith to present, We hanobly pray, that your Excell e- „ • ' will take into your- serious cons;cimation the propriety - granting to a fit and ostensible person, to be selected by Y°L' a i Excellency, a Patent for a sec o nd Ti ici rr e , in the Ci t Y - 19ublin, which will prevent theflublie rights iron) tel cool: promised—will place on a fair aid inipaitiut basis courageusent of dramatic writers, and cause the servic A e. ,,, Actors to be reasonably remunerated, and their indepez?u e preserved. . Oil The: followinc , Resolution was tinau ja“) b - agreed to ;•—• ' , il nt ' That the Memorial- to his Excellency the Lord Liell•,e„Hci of Ireland (now read) be adopted as the Memorial of t''` • tizens of Dublin, friends of the Drama. I '''' The following Resolutions were then pasie t ,: ike Resolved Unanimotisly—That the Committee do : : 0 . - charge of the Memorial for the purpose of o In a ; ! jilt.; •!'",,, 4 11 - tures, and when ready for presentation, that they b c „14 powered to call another General Meeting for the' pull' - appointing a Deputation to accomptiny f t bis Resolved Unanimously—That the grateful "Thanks 0 . ~i fij Meeting' are given to Mr: Arthur Morrison, for his : t .. ace° nissodation of his Room, I •tl • • I the forme r )l e ''' for )1S and the 03,1 in R esolved—That th e Th an k s o f thi s M ee ting be giv e g - the the Committe e , f or th e i r a bl e an d zea l ous discharge of ''' duties confided to them. Mr. SUTTER was then called to the Chair, " d a Vote\of Thanks was passed by acclattlati" to . • Counsellor Creighton,' who was appointed a Me n ' r ber of the Committee' in the room of Counsen'l Phillips. The Meeting then adjourned.. • From the LONDON GAZETTE, FEB. 11; On the 19th i ns t. the Prince Regent appoint ed Ilio n n od George Aiweece Sheriff of, the Counties .of Cambridg: svas Huptingdon. The same day the Marquis of 11. 1) 0, 0 :wig' elected a Knight o f th e G arter, an d invested witl,„-„tbaca nia of the order by the P r i nce R egent; and Lord ti l : 3— c PA. was sworn in as Lord-Licot enan t o f B e df ordshi r e . sir L c , Pole, Sir P. F. Fremantle, and Sir G. Cockburn; haccpc dominated Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath. . Crown-Office, Feb. 2L. Met,rnber returned to serve in this present Parliatuent!th, Borough of Plymouth.—Sir %Vm. Congreve, Bart. room of the Right Hon. Siillenjainin . Blootofield, who 11 ' cepted the office of Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse' • Norther), Circuit, Sir Richard Richards, 'Cut. Arid Mr. Justice Bailey.' City of York, and c o unty of the same Clty— , :iatuiPr March 7 at the Guildhall of the said City. . Yorkshire—The same slay, at the Castle of York. Lancashire--Saturday, March 21, at tire Castle .of Lai r caster. • • BANKRUPTS. 'l'. Saint, jun. St. Philip and Jacob, ,Glortce stershit e kr; sp a n r i t n er, Inn,M airlcrlitst3ol. Att orney, ,4, atid Mr. x seie pr at te, a r t . tZ t •,, 1.40 1 , Fleet-street. P. Andras, .Melcomb Regis, Dorsetshire, milliner, N r o rch •- 1 6, 17, and April 4,,at twelve, at the Three Col' s Bath. Attornies, Messrs. Max, Son, and Stepp e ' s Doughty -street. • „ W. Bush, Saffron Walden, E ssex , cat :p en ter, ke" . . a ie'll • March 7, and April 4, at twelve, at !-.3itildhall. Alt J~pr~ Messrs, Grimaldi and Stables, Copthall.cotlrt, Thr o g tun-street. f -0 L. Wellman, Liverpool, com Mon b rewer , M arc h 11, 1- • • i April I. at th b , at one, e .Geor ,, e Inn Liverp ool . • Attoffi " Mr. Chester, Staple-Inn . . h J. Page, Bermonds e y- s t ree t, S ou th war k, gr o ce r, . ° ;Jr. 3, 14, and April 4, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney , - • Buckle, Size-lane. J. Younge and J. Deakin, Sheffield, button-manufac ture :4l, March 3,4, and April 4, at twelve, at the C o mihercia e c i t Sheffield. Attornies, Messrs. Sto c k er ,. D aws on, 011 A- ringham, Finn' val's Inn. - A :it J. Baker, - Bath, tail o r, F e b. 27, M arc h 5, an d APr"l4ll- twelve, at the Full Moon Inn, Bath. Attorney, 11 1. • moor, Scott's-yard. F. H. Ronalds and J. Singleton, Foster-lane, Cheal)sicc, warehousemen, Feb. 28, M arc h 14, an d A pr il 4, at W.f. at Guildhall. Attor n ey, M r . Phi pps , B asing G. Bone, Webb's County Terrace, Kent-road, mercPao : t i % a ll• 24, at eleven, March 7, and Ap r il 4, at ten, at G• 0 - Attorney, Mr. Holt, Threadueedle-street. 00 4 J. A. Brush, Liverpool, Merchant, March 9, ID, at 0 0e ,', Jo r- April 4, at four, at th e Ki ng ' s A rms , Li verpoo l. ,‘ ,l „gs• nies, Messrs; Lowe and - flower, Southampt o n-1' 1 ; 1i- • • Chancery-lane, ,f •ch 9 * C. Eardley, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner, ,ter.. 14, and April 4, at. ten, at the Albion H o t e l , M a tica' Attornies, Messrs. Milne and Parry, Temple. • at T. Palbster, Y o rk, corner, March 5,• April 4r eleven, at the .house of Mr. B a ynes, Petergate, 1r Attornies, Messrs. Cardale and Young, Gray's. Inn. A J. Hawes, Ipswieb, pawnbroker, March 6, 27, and April 4 1 eleven, at the White. Hart Inn, Woodbridge, Suffolk. tornies, Messrs. Baster - and BoWker, Furnivai's Inn. ,11 W. Rigby, Li ver po o l, corn-facto r ; M arc h 10 , 19, a nil•A%, 4, at one, at the George Inn, - Liverpool. Attornies _ .Clarke, Richards, and Medcall, Chancery-lane. , C. Brown, Jetfry's Terrace, Kentish Town,. jeweller, FO' ' • March 7, and Ap r il 4, a t t we lv e , a t G u ildh a ll. At,tol:" Mr. Uranium, Tavislock-row, Covent-garden. tar J. Hill, Baldwin -street, Bristol, ironmonger, March '. s tot' and April 4. at tw e lv e , at th e C o m merc i a l Rooms, o,,r'iore Attorney, Mr. E. Bigg, Southampton Buildings, cosy-lane. [Dividends, Tu-morrow.] BIRTHS. 1,41 On the 14th instant, at Avoch-house, Ross-shire, the . of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, of a son and heir. aiider On the 12th nit . at Naples, the consort of the Comm— in-Chief, Prince Nugent, of a slaughter. • , 0 Rig ht 0' On the Mb ult. at the Island of Madeira, the Rig- Lady Elizabeth Percival, of a daughter. __..----.'r-'''. DIED. William Todd Jones, Esq. _lreland. w e ll, On Tuesday last, at Salisbury Hall, Captain F. -* sa 11.,N., aged 27. late °f At Paris, on the 15th inst. W. Waddington, Esq• Brompto he n. ~ . r elict On t 16th inst. at Paddington, aged 71, Gertru de, of the late Guorge Woodd, Esq. of,ltichniondr __________ LONDON: Printed 14 J. B. CARST — A ---- IRS, of No. 2 9, re . a j . Ormond-street, Queen-square; and published bY ` ; .;• uf .; SCRIPPS, of South Nlolton-sta - eet, at Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Advertisemenl4 . Lir-- Letters, &e. ,(putt-paid) must be addressed. . - t. .q~